Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-22 Thread Tobias Weingartner
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Douglas A. Tutty wrote: I'm wondering if in your travels, have any of you seen a case (tower, desktop, or rackmount) that is: - Grab an old iron stove, and stuff a newer case into it. - Go to the nearest welding shop, have them weld a nice 500lb steel box. -

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-22 Thread Marcus Andree
Hi, Doug. My suggetion is: - start with good, standard but not-so-bulky case; - build a cage around the commercial grade, made from thick sheets of steel; - do lots of small, tiny drills on the external cage, for proper ventilation; - do a couple of larger holes for cables and wires on

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:55:52PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote: Jay Hart wrote: Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. Multiple controllers? Onboard IDE controller (pri and sec interface)

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Jay Hart
If anyone is interested, I have five of the cases at the following website for sale. http://www.kevla.org/cases Jay I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html, and its quite beefy.

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Steve Shockley
Jay Hart wrote: Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. Multiple controllers? Onboard IDE controller (pri and sec interface) and a Adaptec 2940 SCSI card. No, I meant you could use more

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 08:01:35PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote: Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. Multiple controllers? I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html,

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Jay Hart
Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. Multiple controllers? Onboard IDE controller (pri and sec interface) and a Adaptec 2940 SCSI card. I have one of these,

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Steve Shockley
Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. Multiple controllers? I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html, and its quite beefy. Their web site lists that it can take *one*

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Steve B
I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html, and its quite beefy.

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:37:59PM -0700, Steve B wrote: I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html, and its quite beefy. I wonder if you could measure two things for me: 1. The thickness of the steel panels (not of any structural frame). I'm comparing these with norco

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-11 Thread Jay Hart
Yes, I too at one time bought a huge case. Has 10 5.25 bays. Only problem is that you can't use all of them due to cable length limitations. With SCSI2, could use up to 4 prior to exceeding 36 inch cable limit. Then could use two more for IDE. But the other 4, never could use. J I have one of

[OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
hello, Me again with my project. Some people off-list have found me some low-MHz computers and will mail me the boards with CPU + memory etc. One is a Tyan dual Pentium {133|166}. Now I'm looking for a great case in which to mount it (them?). Starting with wikipedia on EMR shielding, and

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread bofh
If aesthetics is not important, a very good question to ask is - how good are you with power tools? Else, heavy steel boxes are expensive to ship :) -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:23:51PM -0500, bofh wrote: If aesthetics is not important, a very good question to ask is - how good are you with power tools? Else, heavy steel boxes are expensive to ship :) Well, perhaps I could make/find/whatever a steel tub with a lid (or an old safe) :) in

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Lars Noodén
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: ... I'm wondering if in your travels, have any of you seen a case (tower, desktop, or rackmount) that is: Yes, but a very long time ago. Some of mine were by Zenith (or at least delivered via Zenith) and weighed way too much, using something outrageous liked 1/8

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Andrew Dyer
Well, perhaps I could make/find/whatever a steel tub with a lid (or an old safe) :) in which to put said computer case, but I'd like to start with a decent case. Who makes a solid, steel case that doesn't cover up large holes with plastic stuff? It seems that server cases now use hot-swap

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread John E.P. Hynes
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Who makes a solid, steel case that doesn't cover up large holes with plastic stuff? The 2U and 4U rackmount Antec cases I've used in the past can be used with only internal drives. The front panel door (and chassis slot covers) are vented with small holes. I guess

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread chefren
On 2/9/08 8:38 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Who makes a solid, steel case that doesn't cover up large holes with plastic stuff? http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/typhoon/ ---chefren

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:59:32PM -0500, John E.P. Hynes wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: The 2U and 4U rackmount Antec cases I've used in the past can be used with only internal drives. The front panel door (and chassis slot covers) are vented with small holes. I guess what would

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 09:15:12PM +0100, chefren wrote: On 2/9/08 8:38 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Who makes a solid, steel case that doesn't cover up large holes with plastic stuff? http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/typhoon/ Yes, that would make a high-quality faraday cage,

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread bofh
On Feb 9, 2008 4:12 PM, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I just looked up the Cray1 on Wikipedia. It ran at 80 MHz! Perfect. Just what I want in my basement. Anyone want to port OBSD? In terms of pure computation, I believe a dual PPro200Mhz beats a Cray X/MP. --

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread STeve Andre'
On Saturday 09 February 2008 16:12:55 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 09:15:12PM +0100, chefren wrote: On 2/9/08 8:38 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Who makes a solid, steel case that doesn't cover up large holes with plastic stuff?